When I write fiction, I create characters whose views are not my own, and I allow them to be eloquent in defense of their, not my, views.

Among my most prized possessions are words that I have never spoken.

In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him.

I've lived too long with pain. I won't know who I am without it

Ender Wiggin must believe that no matter what happens, no adult will ever, ever step in to help him in any way.

I need you to be clever, Bean. I need you to think of solutions to problems we haven't seen yet. I want you to try things that no one has ever tried because they're absolutely stupid.

Unemployment is capitalism's way of getting you to plant a garden.

We're like the wicked witch. We promise gingerbread, then eat the little brats alive.

Metaphors have a way of holding the most truth in the least space.

There's only one thing that will make them stop hating you. And that's being so good at what you do that they can't ignore you

There is more good writing and good acting in any ten minutes of Twister than in, say, all of Citizen Kane.

Each new day is another chapter in the unfolding promise of deliverance and life.

The pig was so earnest. So sincere. So very “there.” The pig brought gravity and mythic import to this well-worn fairy tale.

Some people have a peculiar faculty for denying facts.

It takes me probably about four hours to get into the groove [with making music]. And it's really important for me to not break the groove.

It was never my intention to marry anybody. Economics are basically the only reason to get married, but I'm very glad I did it.

If I believe in something, I will fight for it, with all I have. But I do not demand all or nothing. I would rather get something than nothing.

I shrug him off. 'Can't you just go away?" There's a moment. It has a sound in it, as if something very small got broken.

Finite mind cannot comprehend infinity.

Depression is the aftermath of credit expansion.

Promises are worse than lies. You don't just make them believe, you also make them hope.